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Category Archives: Parteen weir

World Rivers Day 2017

September 24, 2017by Dr. Will O'Connor 1 Comment

World Rivers Day took place on 24th September 2017 and to mark this day we visited Parteen Regulating Weir to take some aerial photos. The ESB abstract up 400 tonnes […]

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Lower Shannon SAC, Parteen weir

Study shows dramatic impact of ESB dams on salmon

March 6, 2016by Dr. Will O'Connor 1 Comment

A new study just published shows that salmon runs on Shannon are less than five percent of what they should be. This is due to the impact of ESB dams. Essentially the salmon […]

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Ardnacrusha, Parteen weir, Shannon salmon management programme

Parteen Weir: commentary and images

August 20, 2015by Dr. Will O'Connor Leave a comment

Here are some aerial photos and a video of Parteen Regulating Weir taken during July 2015. The headrace canal which transfers abstracted water to Ardnacrusha Hydroelectric Station is also featured. […]

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Parteen weir

We need to change the management of Parteen fish pass

May 24, 2015by Dr. Will O'Connor 5 Comments

We want the fish pass at Parteen weir to be opened immediately and left open 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Passage of ‘wild’ fish upstream has to […]

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Atlantic salmon, Parteen weir, Shannon salmon management programme

Parteen weir, December 2014

December 18, 2014by Dr. Will O'Connor 2 Comments

These are some selected photos of Parteen weir on the Lower River Shannon which were taken during December 2014. Parteen weir regulates the water flow in the Old River Shannon and diverts […]

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Compensation flows, Eel management plan, Parteen weir

No elver traps operating on the River Shannon

May 7, 2014by Dr. Will O'Connor 9 Comments

Rivers across Europe are currently experiencing a phenomenal increase in the runs of juvenile eels, or elvers. The numbers that have arrived into rivers such as the River Severn in […]

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Ardnacrusha, European eel, Parteen weir

Call for a review of water management on the Lower Shannon

February 5, 2014by Dr. Will O'Connor Leave a comment

During the flooding of Limerick City last weekend it is important to remember that areas affected, such as St. Mary’s Park, were flooded by river water rather than saline water […]

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Ardnacrusha, Compensation flows, Flood management, Flood risk, Limerick City, Lower Shannon SAC, Parteen weir

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Recent Posts

  • The last of the River Shannon salmon?
  • Let’s get salmon back to the upper River Shannon
  • World Fish Migration Day 2018, Ormston House, Limerick
  • Call to disband failed “Shannon Fishery Partnership”
  • New boom but no further progress with elver trap
  • World Rivers Day 2017
  • Pepper’s Ghost
  • Limerick Navigation Conference
  • Should canoeing be regulated on our Natura 2000 rivers?
  • Highlighting problems on the River Shannon for World Fish Migration Day
  • Destruction of alluvial forest by Shannon Rowing Club
  • Study shows dramatic impact of ESB dams on salmon
  • We need to start managing the Lower Shannon sustainably
  • Calls for ESB to drop water levels in Carrigadrohid Reservoir
  • Flooding on Lower Shannon, December 2015
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